Alamieyeseigha: Bayelsa Declares 7 Days Mourning, As Flags Fly At Half Mast

The Bayelsa State Government has declared 7 days of mourning in honour of
the first civilian Governor of the State Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter
Alamieyeseigha, who passed on last Saturday at the University of Port
Harcourt Teaching Hospital.

A Government House statement to this effect also directed that, all flags
in all public buildings and premises across the State be flown at half
mast for the period.

The 7 days mourning period and the flying of the flags at half mast takes
effect from Today, while condolence registers have been opened in
Government House, the State Secretariat complex and Ijaw House, all in the
State capital.